Bottle-stopper and applicator.



H. A. METZ.

BOTTLE STOPPEB. AND APPLIGATOR.

APPLIOATION FILED we. 5, 1911.

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HERMAN A. METZ, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

BOTTLE-STOPPER AND APPLICATOR.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed August 5,1911.

Patented Mar. 10, 1914.

Serial No. 642,559.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, HERMAN A. l\'['n'rz, a citizen of the United States, residing in the city of New York, borough of Brooklyn, county of Kings, and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Bottle-Stoppers and Applicators, of which the following is a full, clear,

and exact specification.

This invention relates to a combined bottle stopper and device for removing and applying the contents thereof.

In the drawing accompanying and forming a part of this specification one form of my invention is illustrated.

The device herein illustrated is shown in position in the neck N of a bottle shown in dotted lines. In this particular form the central portion of the device consists of a top '1 enlarged into the flange F so arranged as to fit over the lip of the neck ot' the bottle and further extended into the shank S of considerable less diameter than the neck of the bottle, the said shank being further extended into an enlarged portion E which is here shown of a globular form, two opposite sides R of which are shown have been flattened. Surrounding the shank S is shown a bushing of elastic material it, preferably cork, and surrounding the globular extension E is an absorbent material A attached to the shank S directly about the globular extension E by means of a wire, twine or other similar material H.

The above described bottle stopper is applicable for the closing of a bottle and for the removal of a portion of the contents by means of the absorbent material A.

The absorbent material is made preferably o't felt and for its easy application to the stopper is preferably made ol? a thick cushion C of absorbent; material at the center from which diverge two thinner portions or leaves K of the same material capable of being readily placed adjacent the flat surfaces of the extension and is shown attached to the intersection of the shank and the extension by means oi. wire or cord. The leaves are shown extemling alone the shank and the ends covered and held, in position by the l'nishing.

Various changes may be made in the struc ture illustrated without departing from the spirit of my invention.

Having thus described my invention I claim:

A bottle stopper comprising a top portion, a flange, a shank carried thereby having at its lower end an enlarged member, an absorbent material surrounding said onlargcd member of the shank, and an elastic bushing surrmmding the shank and portions of the absorbent material.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

HER-MAN A. Ml'l'lZ, lVitnesscs Cirannns L. GAYNInnN, A. It. Amman.

Gopiou of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents.

Washington, D. O. 

